ELKHART LAKE, Wis. (Sept. 27, 2009) - Garry Crook, of Pensacola, Fla.,
overcame a poor qualifying position, tricky weather conditions and an
18-car D Sports Racing field to win a National Title in his first
appearance at the SCCA National Championship Runoffs. Michael Crowe, of
Largo, Fla., and Lawrence Loshak, of Milwaukee, Wis., joined Crook on the
podium Sunday at Road America.

Crook, driving the No. 41 Vision Contstruction Stohr WF1 Suzuki, made a
big move at the start of the race. The Floridian dove to the inside at
the start and by Turn Three sat in fourth place. Crook was second by the
beginning of lap two and took over the lead from then-leader Charles
Dempsey, of Brooksville, Fla., in Turn One.

The lead stretched to almost 11 seconds at the end of lap three when,
with a light rain falling, Dempsey spun and made contact with the wall in
the Kink to bring out a full-course caution and erase Crook's lead.

After four laps behind the safety car, the race resumed with six laps
remaining. Crook immediately began to stretch out a lead once again, and
after two green flag laps, the gap was back to more than 10 seconds.
Crook finished the 13-lap, 52-mile race with a 24.277-second margin of
victory.

Crook turned the fastest lap of the race around the 4-mile, 14-turn
circuit, a 2:07.008 (113.379 mph). The win, combined with early week
electrical problems that relegated Crook to a 10th starting position,
provided Crook with the Sunoco Hard Charger award.

"The car was still a little low on power (on Thursday), so we fiddled
with it some more on the dyno and they found some other items that they
though would help it out," Crook said of his qualifying struggles.
"By Friday, we were pretty unsure if we'd have a race car, but we
had a qualifying time, so I figured I might as well run, since we were
here.

"I don't think there was any secret to the race other than I had
a red car [Lawrence Loshak] real close behind me (on the restart). I knew
that he would pass me if I didn't do something. He was my
motivation. I was watching the track and I saw it drying. While we were
doing all the wiggling [under yellow], the officials might have held us
up some to let it dry out a bit more. Our tires were all warm and away we
went and we just didn't look in the mirrors anymore."

The Runoffs rookie earned the SCCA Super Sweep with his win at the
Runoffs, combined with a June Sprints victory, a Divisional Championship
and the newly created nationwide point standings - all in a single class.
The award was announced at the 2009 SCCA National Convention.

"We were very lucky," Crook said of his Runoffs win. "This is
the ultimate in Club Racing. It felt good to be here. It's a great
experience and a great track. Road America is one of the top tracks in
the world. This isn't just a national thing. This is a world-class
track here and everybody in the world knows about this facility."

Crowe, driving the No. 88 TS Race Engineering/Goodyear/Performance
Friction Stohr WF1 Suzuki, overcame his own litany of mechanical gremlins
this week to finish second after starting ninth. On the lap eight
restart, Crowe was third, behind Crook and Loshak. On lap nine, Crowe
pulled alongside Loshak at the timing stripe and completed the pass under
braking in Turn One. Crowe held his runner-up spot to the finish.

Loshak ended the race in third behind the wheel of the No. 02 ETE
Stohr/KWS/Datatoys/Goodyear Stohr WF1 Suzuki KWS.